2011–12 Liga I
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | CFR Cluj |
| Relegated |
Târgu Mureş Voinţa Sibiu Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti Mioveni |
| Champions League |
CFR Cluj Vaslui |
| Europa League |
Dinamo Bucureşti Steaua Bucureşti Rapid Bucureşti |
| Matches played | 305 |
| Goals scored | 748 (2.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Wesley Lopes (27) |
| Biggest home win | CFR 6–1 Sportul |
| Biggest away win |
Gaz Metan 0–5 Dinamo Mioveni 0–5 Vaslui Ceahlăul 0–5 Dinamo CFR 0–5 Rapid Mioveni 0–5 CFR |
| Highest scoring | Rapid 5–3 Gaz Metan |
| Longest winning run | Vaslui (9) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Rapid (12) |
| Longest losing run | Mioveni (10) |
| Highest attendance | Steaua 3–2 Dinamo (47,698) |
| Average attendance | 4,855 |
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← 2010–11
2012–13 →
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| Leaders; | 2nd place; | 3rd place; |
The 2011–12 Liga I was the ninety-fourth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. It began on 22 July 2011 and ended on 19 May 2012. The defending champions are CFR Cluj.
Since Romania dropped from eighth to fourteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league has lost its UEFA Europa League playoff round berth. Further, the champions will not directly be entered into the group stage of the UEFA Champions League any more, but rather have to begin in the third qualification round.
The league was originally expected to comprise eighteen teams, fourteen teams from the 2010–11 season and four teams eligible for promotion from the 2010–11 Liga II. However, the exact composition of the league was further affected by the licensing controversies, see below.
Four teams from the 2010–11 season were relegated to their respective 2011–12 Liga II division; these teams are Universitatea Craiova, Unirea Urziceni, Victoria Brăneşti and Sportul Studenţesc. Unirea Urziceni were relegated just two seasons after they won the 2008–09 Liga I. It was the fastest relegation of a former champion, Unirea being also the 2009–10 Liga I runners-up. After the relegation, the team was disbanded. Universitatea Craiova was relegated for the second time in club history, ending a five-year tenure in the highest football league of Romania. After the relegation, the team was temporary excluded by FRF from all internal competitions. Victoria and Sportul was supposed to make their immediate return to the second level, but Sportul remained in Liga I after the relegation of Timişoara and Gloria Bistriţa on licensing problems, see below.
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